Assistant Headteacher - SEND & Inclusion Lead
Kings Meadow School, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 7AR15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2025
Closing date
5 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £51,027.00 - £56,316.00 Annually (FTE)
Assistant Headteacher - SEND & Inclusion Lead job summary
Assistant Head Teacher – SEND & Inclusion Lead
Salary: Leadership Scale L2-L6
Required from April 2025
Are you passionate about driving change with an enthusiastic staff team and brilliant children?
Do you understand the importance of building relationships and play within a primary SEMH setting?
Kings Meadow School is a primary special academy that is part of the Creating Tomorrow Multi Academy Trust. The pupils who attend have complex social, emotional and mental health as their primary need and other associated difficulties. Many children have attachment, and trauma needs and sometimes neurodivergent difficulties such as ADHD.
We are looking to recruit a conscientious, driven and enthusiastic Assistant Head Teacher to join our Senior Leadership Team.
Our vision at Kings Meadow School is to develop strong and effective relationships in a place of felt safety, enabling children to learn about themselves and others. This will create a sense of belonging and curiosity, encouraging them to explore and learn about the wider world and think about their purpose within it. We do this through our 5 core values of:
- Connection
- Communication
- Resilience
- Independence
- Reflection
The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting our Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher in strategically leading and managing the school. This Assistant Head Teacher role will have responsibility for developing and implementing effective systems to ensure high expectations for student outcomes. The role will have a specific focus on SEND provision and EHCP outcomes and enhancing systems around Annual Reviews and Provision Mapping, ensuring individual needs are met.
We are looking for an inspirational leader with a proven track record in senior/middle leadership who:
- Can enrich the lives of our students
- Has commitment to and an in-depth understanding of special needs education
- Has experience in raising standards
- Has excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
The successful candidate will:
- Join a rapidly expanding, exciting school
- Contribute to the wider improvement of the school
- Be a driven and professional leader committed to students as well as colleagues
- Be joining a supportive team who put relationships at the heart of everything we do.
Informal visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. Please contact: Email: office@kingsmeadow.northants.sch.uk to arrange.
Closing date: Midday on Wednesday 5th February
Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 12th February
Creating Tomorrow Trust is committed to safeguarding children, promoting the welfare of all students, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Enhanced clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for the successful candidates.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Kings Meadow School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- School size
- 40 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Kings Meadow School website (opens in new tab)
School location
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